Legal Assistant

at  Robert Half

Legal Assistants directly support lawyers and may be required to supervise other legal staff, such as legal secretaries or file clerks.Legal Assistants should have strong analytical, communication and organizational skills, as well as computer and technical knowledge.Some law firms prefer three to five years of legal experience in a law firm or other corporate legal department.

How you will make an impact

• Keep up with word processing, filing and faxing
• Combine documents and assemble data as directed by lawyers and paralegals
• Ensure copied documents are duplicates of their original documents
• Deposit e-files and documents into the proper folders
• Work on correspondence and memorandum
• Be responsible for computer database input and retrieval
• Seek and retrieve electronic documents from a variety of court and agency web sites
• Oversee record keeping and matter management
• Ready documents for photocopying/scanning
• Lead the research of legal issues and investigative tasks, which may include collecting information and documents from external parties, as needed
• Drafting legal court documents, such as pleadings, motions, affidavits and subpoenas; transactional documents, such as trusts, wills, contracts and real estate leases; and closing documents
• 2+ years of relevant experience
• Experience assisting lawyers in preparing for transactional closings, depositions, hearings, trials and conferences; completing many administrative tasks, including, working on individual cases or transactions
• Organizing and tracking files for important transactions or case documents, including pleadings and voluminous discovery documents; creating and maintaining a case-management database
• Conducting routine discovery
• Investigating the factual evidence of a transaction or case and preparing exhibits, charts and diagrams to display information
• Corporate experience

Are you looking to take the next step in your legal career? A dynamic, growing firm could have an excellent opportunity for you. We’re calling all candidates who are eager to work in a strong team-oriented environment.
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